#VU12195 Infinite loop in ncurses - CVE-2017-13728

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12195

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13728

CWE-ID: CWE-835

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
ncurses

Software vendor:
Free Software Foundation

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause Dos condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the next_char function in comp_scan.c due to an infinite loop. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted input and cause the service to crash.

Update to version 6.1.

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484274